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<blockquote data-quote="rlt7272" data-source="post: 1432735" data-attributes="member: 435"><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_re_us/us_self_defense_shooting" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_re_us/us_self_defense_shooting</a></p><p></p><p>TAMPA, Fla. A pistol-packing jogger in Florida won't be charged for shooting and killing a teenager who attacked him during a midnight run.</p><p></p><p>Prosecutors said Tuesday they are convinced Thomas Baker acted in self defense when he fired eight shots at 18-year-old Carlos Mustelier near Tampa in November .</p><p></p><p>Prosecutors say Florida's "stand-your-ground" law was a factor in their decision. The law, passed in 2005, gives people the right to use deadly force as long as they "reasonably believe" it is necessary to stop another person from hurting them.</p><p></p><p>Baker told police he reached for his gun when the teen punched him in the face. Baker has a concealed weapons permit.</p><p></p><p>The teen was hit four times in the chest, back and buttocks. He died at the scene.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just read this story. May just be me but they did not paint the jogger, the guy who was defending himself in a good light. Using the phase "pistol packing" was not necessary plus using "teenager" to describe the attacker makes you think he was a kid. His age should not matter to the story and to me was only included to give the impression that this was some young kid.</p><p></p><p>Also, why does the number of times he was shot and where matter to the facts of the story. </p><p></p><p>To me the whole story had an anti gun feel to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlt7272, post: 1432735, member: 435"] [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_re_us/us_self_defense_shooting[/url] TAMPA, Fla. A pistol-packing jogger in Florida won't be charged for shooting and killing a teenager who attacked him during a midnight run. Prosecutors said Tuesday they are convinced Thomas Baker acted in self defense when he fired eight shots at 18-year-old Carlos Mustelier near Tampa in November . Prosecutors say Florida's "stand-your-ground" law was a factor in their decision. The law, passed in 2005, gives people the right to use deadly force as long as they "reasonably believe" it is necessary to stop another person from hurting them. Baker told police he reached for his gun when the teen punched him in the face. Baker has a concealed weapons permit. The teen was hit four times in the chest, back and buttocks. He died at the scene. Just read this story. May just be me but they did not paint the jogger, the guy who was defending himself in a good light. Using the phase "pistol packing" was not necessary plus using "teenager" to describe the attacker makes you think he was a kid. His age should not matter to the story and to me was only included to give the impression that this was some young kid. Also, why does the number of times he was shot and where matter to the facts of the story. To me the whole story had an anti gun feel to it. [/QUOTE]
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